Book ReviewsYoung Adult Review: The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz by Kathleen July 27, 2016 by Kathleen July 27, 2016 In 1911, fourteen year-old Joan Skraggs finds herself trapped at home on a run-down farm, working tirelessly for her cruel father. He pulls her from school and requires her, “an ox of a girl” and “ugly” in his estimation, to mend,… Read more